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Townsend Dairy Farm, Pigs Lane, Melbury Osmond, Dorchester, DT2 0LP

1/D/13/001436Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 29 November 2013

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use from agricultural barn to carpentry workshop & alterations

Submitted
16 October 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Halstock Ward
  1. Received16 Oct
  2. Validated16 Oct
  3. Consult.23 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Nov

Decided in 44 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at TOWNSEND DAIRY FARM, PIGS LANE, MELBURY OSMOND, DORCHESTER, DT2 0LP. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days. The site is in the Melbury Osmond conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,420 applications in total for the DT2 postcode area.

92% of full applications at Dorset Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
DT2 0LP
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Melbury Osmond
District
West Dorset

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 October 2013
Consultation expiry
23 November 2013
Consultation end
23 November 2013

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Melbury Osmond Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: Town'S End FarmhouseOn or next to this site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Parrett CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National Landscape (AONB): Dorset
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Dorset

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